Now you post if you want to...
1. Where is your cell phone? Bag?
2. Your significant other? Wonderful
3. Your Hair? Dark
4. Your Skin? Gothic
5. Your mother? Kind
6. Your favorite thing? Home
7. Your dream last night? Creepy
8. Your favorite drink? TAB
9. Your dream/goal? Ambitious
10. The room you’re in? Office
11. Your ex? Useless
12. Your fear? Failure
13.Where do you want to be in 6 years? Home
14.Where were you last night? Jamestown
15.What you’re not? Quiet
16.Muffins? Nope
17.One of your wish list items? Radio
18.Where you grew up? Massachusetts
19.The last thing you did? Typed
20.What are you wearing? Clothes
21.Your TV? Off
22.Your pets? Rosie
23. Your computer? Painful
24. Your life? Swampish
25. Your mood? Bored
26. Missing someone? Always
27. Your car? Cavalier
28. Something you’re not wearing? Socks
29. Favorite Store? Bunches
30. Your summer? Gone :(
31. Like someone? Indeed
32. Your favorite color? Black
33. When is the last time you laughed? Today
34. Last time you cried? Forget
35. Who will respond to this? Dunno
36. Whose answers are you anxious to see? Everyone's
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
That time of year....
When offices are filled with foil-wrapped candy (like chocolate eyeballs!) and cookies and stuff that generally doesn't agree with healthy eating...
And it's dark all. the. time.
And it's cold.
And people have colds.
It's that time of year... Read more here!
Friday, October 17, 2008
Trying to get back on track...
Long and winding road. That's what this life is.
I am totally out of sync... And working to get back on track...
Read more here...
Monday, October 13, 2008
I wish had something more uplifting to post....
But OUCH!
Please had over to blogabetes and read about the nasty time I've been having with my pump sites of late.
Freaking Ow-EEE!
Please had over to blogabetes and read about the nasty time I've been having with my pump sites of late.
Freaking Ow-EEE!
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Thank you and a request
First, I want to say thank you to all who commented on my last post with your condolences and love. It is just amazing how supportive and filled with grace this community is. I hope you all know just how much appreciate the boosts you give me in this life. They make all the difference in the world. I know that Mim has moved on to some place free from the pain that had imprisoned her for too many of her final days - I hope that she will continue to bring those of us who love her signs and symbols from whereever/whatever she is now. We'll miss her deeply.
Mim was a cousin on my father's side, but my parents families were from the same neighborhoods - and my mother's sister, my Aunt Kathy, spent a ton of time with Mim and her sister Ann when they were growing up. I know that Mim's death has left her feeling a little lost. She wanted to do something to remember Mim in a positive way that would make a real difference. She asked if I might want to walk with her for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer two weeks from Saturday. We'll walk in Mim's memory - we'll walk to ensure that fewer - and hopefully, someday no - families will have to bear the sadness of the loss of their mother, their sister, their cousin, their friend to breast cancer.
I know the economy sucks. And I know many of you are raising your own money to fight diabetes or to support causes that you believe in. Thank you for the difference you make.
I hope you'll consider contributing to support my Aunty Kathy and I as we remember Mim.
You can donate here:
Fighting for Mim
Every bit will make a difference. And if you can't donate - please continue to think of us - especially Mim's daughters as they struggle with the loss of their mom.
Thank you again, my good (internet weirdo) friends.
Mim was a cousin on my father's side, but my parents families were from the same neighborhoods - and my mother's sister, my Aunt Kathy, spent a ton of time with Mim and her sister Ann when they were growing up. I know that Mim's death has left her feeling a little lost. She wanted to do something to remember Mim in a positive way that would make a real difference. She asked if I might want to walk with her for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer two weeks from Saturday. We'll walk in Mim's memory - we'll walk to ensure that fewer - and hopefully, someday no - families will have to bear the sadness of the loss of their mother, their sister, their cousin, their friend to breast cancer.
I know the economy sucks. And I know many of you are raising your own money to fight diabetes or to support causes that you believe in. Thank you for the difference you make.
I hope you'll consider contributing to support my Aunty Kathy and I as we remember Mim.
You can donate here:
Fighting for Mim
Every bit will make a difference. And if you can't donate - please continue to think of us - especially Mim's daughters as they struggle with the loss of their mom.
Thank you again, my good (internet weirdo) friends.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
The Yellow Trampoline
Last Thursday night, I dreamed of my cousin Miriam (Mim) bouncing on a yellow trampoline. Different from the one above, but you get the gyst. The trampoline was in the driveway of the home where Mim lived with my Aunt Kaye and my Papa when she was a kid. The old RV my grandfather owned parked on the right side, the trampoline on the left. It was all very vivid.
In the dream, as she bounced, she was laughing this outrageously happy giggle that filled up my sleeping ears and reverberated after I awoke. She was still a teenager in my dream, the way I remember her best. In bell bottom denim pants and a heathered t-shirt with piped sleeves. Her curly, crazy pigtails popping up and down by her face. Occasionally, she'd say the word "RISE" through her laughter. Clear as a bell, but wrapped in that intense laughter.
I called out to her, loud. But she didn't answer. She was so lost in what seemed a moment of profound joy. I called again before I woke up in my room, smiling.
My dad called a couple of hours later to tell me that Mim had passed away that morning after a long battle with breast cancer. I hadn't had any idea that the end was so near when I last spoke with her in early July.
I called my Aunt Kaye yesterday. I felt it important for her to know about my dream. My Aunt Kaye believes in the sensitivity some of us (including Mim) have - those connections to the things we cannot see. So I told her about the dream.
And she said, quiety. "Isn't that funny. Two weeks ago, someone gave us a big yellow trampoline. Mim thought it would be good for her daughers and Ann (her sister) to use. It's out in the yard by your grandfather's old RV."
So here's the thing. It's got me thinking of the "what happens" after. After this - the here and now - I mean... And about whether there never really is an after - just a now that we "live" in different ways. And about whether I should continue to welcome in and in turn pass on the things I sometimes know - from dreams or feelings... It's always been easy to let them in - it's the saying it out loud that I struggle with.
But the yellow trampoline is just another confirmation for me that time and our measurement of it are just things dreamed up by humans to define what we can never really define and that the reality of our reality is that you never really know what IS REAL.
I do know though, that Mim is resting (or bouncing, as the case may be) peacefully. That she left this time/place/reality to take the next step - and that she did it with some level of joy in her heart.
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Give me Food!
Me me...
1. How do you like your eggs?
Sunny side up. Or scrambled. Or omeleted.
2. How do you take your coffee/tea?
I don't take coffee/tea.
3. Favorite breakfast food:
I like any breakfast food. Eggs, bacon, hash, pancakes... I like it all... Yummy.
4. Peanut butter:
Yummy. Yummy. Creamy, crunchy. Doesn't matter. Yummy. Just not the one with the teddy bear on the label.
5. What kind of dressing on your salad?
I like any of the balsamic based spray kinds they've got out there now.
6. Coke or Pepsi?
Neither. TAB, please.
7. You’re feeling lazy. What do you make?
PB and J or Turkey on wheat.
8. You’re feeling really lazy. What kind of pizza do you order?
White. If they don't have white, I'm not eating the pizza.
9. You feel like cooking. What do you make?
Favorites? I'd say some kind of meat (beef or pork) - veggies (carrots and turnips mashed, preferably), salad with peppers and onions - garlic bread with cheese and then white cake with white frosting for dessert.
10. Do any foods bring back good memories?
Italian Ice. Pudding pops.
11. Do any foods bring back bad memories?
Yogurt. Blech.
That peanut butter with the Teddy Bear on the side. Double blech.
12. Do any foods remind you of someone?
Yes.
13. Is there a food you refuse to eat?
See #11. And tomato And any kind of beet. Blech.
14. What was your favorite food as a child?
Baked sausage and potato with applesauce.
15. Is there a food that you hated as a child but now like?
Nope. My tastes haven't matured at all.
16. Is there a food that you liked as a child but now hate?
Not really, nope.
17. Favorite fruit and vegetable:
Melons, orange, kiwi, pear, apple, banana. Actually, when it comes to fruit - I like anything except grape, plum, peach... Veggies: peppers, onions, brocoli, cauliflower, carrots, turnips, squash.
18. Favorite junk food:
White cake, white frosting. Hostess Orange Cupcakes.
19. Favorite between meal snack:
Nothing really.
20. Do you have any weird food habits?
Sure do.
21. You’re on a diet. What food(s) do you fill up on?
Water. Fruit.
22. You’re off your diet. Now what would you like?
Everything in site - except the foods listed on my do not eat list above.
23. How spicy do you order Indian/Thai?
Not so much.
24. Can I get you a drink?
Yes, sure you can.
25. Red or White Wine?
White or blush, please.
26. Favorite dessert?
See above # 18.
27. The perfect nightcap?
Eye of the Storm.
1. How do you like your eggs?
Sunny side up. Or scrambled. Or omeleted.
2. How do you take your coffee/tea?
I don't take coffee/tea.
3. Favorite breakfast food:
I like any breakfast food. Eggs, bacon, hash, pancakes... I like it all... Yummy.
4. Peanut butter:
Yummy. Yummy. Creamy, crunchy. Doesn't matter. Yummy. Just not the one with the teddy bear on the label.
5. What kind of dressing on your salad?
I like any of the balsamic based spray kinds they've got out there now.
6. Coke or Pepsi?
Neither. TAB, please.
7. You’re feeling lazy. What do you make?
PB and J or Turkey on wheat.
8. You’re feeling really lazy. What kind of pizza do you order?
White. If they don't have white, I'm not eating the pizza.
9. You feel like cooking. What do you make?
Favorites? I'd say some kind of meat (beef or pork) - veggies (carrots and turnips mashed, preferably), salad with peppers and onions - garlic bread with cheese and then white cake with white frosting for dessert.
10. Do any foods bring back good memories?
Italian Ice. Pudding pops.
11. Do any foods bring back bad memories?
Yogurt. Blech.
That peanut butter with the Teddy Bear on the side. Double blech.
12. Do any foods remind you of someone?
Yes.
13. Is there a food you refuse to eat?
See #11. And tomato And any kind of beet. Blech.
14. What was your favorite food as a child?
Baked sausage and potato with applesauce.
15. Is there a food that you hated as a child but now like?
Nope. My tastes haven't matured at all.
16. Is there a food that you liked as a child but now hate?
Not really, nope.
17. Favorite fruit and vegetable:
Melons, orange, kiwi, pear, apple, banana. Actually, when it comes to fruit - I like anything except grape, plum, peach... Veggies: peppers, onions, brocoli, cauliflower, carrots, turnips, squash.
18. Favorite junk food:
White cake, white frosting. Hostess Orange Cupcakes.
19. Favorite between meal snack:
Nothing really.
20. Do you have any weird food habits?
Sure do.
21. You’re on a diet. What food(s) do you fill up on?
Water. Fruit.
22. You’re off your diet. Now what would you like?
Everything in site - except the foods listed on my do not eat list above.
23. How spicy do you order Indian/Thai?
Not so much.
24. Can I get you a drink?
Yes, sure you can.
25. Red or White Wine?
White or blush, please.
26. Favorite dessert?
See above # 18.
27. The perfect nightcap?
Eye of the Storm.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Long Overdue - Wavesense Keynote
Awhile ago, I was contacted by the folks at Agamatrix, asking if I would be willing to use and then review their Wavesense Keynote meter - pictured above. I agreed, they sent me a bunch of cool stuff, and I used said stuff, and now - finally - I'm writing a review.
So, I figured I'd break this down in bullets:
* Sample size
* Time for test
* Backlight
* User friendliness
* Memory capabilities
* Software
Sample size - The Keynote takes an eeny, teeny, weeny sample of blood. Seriously. I still use my fingers - to get the most accurate results I can - but it takes a very small blood droplet to get the Keynote working. Grade: A
Time for Test - Though the advertisements and the box say that the Keynote takes 3 seconds (results in 1... 2... 3...), it really is more like five seconds. There is a tiny lag between when the blood gets in the strip and when the offical countdown by the meter begins. I've timed it - it's five seconds in total (still among the fastest meters out there). Grade: B+
Backlight - I love any meter that has a backlight. On top of being helpful, it makes a good flashlight! With the Keynote, I wish the backlight stayed on througout the test. It's good that it turns on at the start, but it needs to be relit by the time you've got the blood drawn and ready to go. Also - I truly wish that there was some kind of light that lights the strip - because getting the blood into the strip in the dark can bet a total pain in the butt. Grade: B+
User friendliness - This machine is very user friendly. Programming time and date are a snap - coding is easy - and testing is completely self-explanatory. Grade: A
Memory capabilities - Stores enough bloodsugars in an easily accessible way - very useful without being overwhelming. Grade: B+
Software - I liked the software for this meter. Called "Zero-Click," I found it helpful in terms of how easy it was to use - and I thought it provided a few helpful reports. Overall, it's nothing over-the-top in terms of this type of software - and I really wish I could find something similar in terms of it's ease of use that would accomodate my pump data. Of course, that doesn't mean I'd log any more faithfully than I do now... (See earlier post at Blogabetes). All-in-all, it's an easy to use software package that allows for easy spotting of trends in bloodsugar. Grade: B
So, the Wavesense Keynote gets an overall grade of B+ from me.
Monday, August 25, 2008
To Log or Not to Log...
That is the question...
And the topic of my blog post today at dlife. Check it out, if you like.
This is also a plug for my employer... Have I mentioned I work for one of the greatest theaters on earth? Yeah, I do... Trinity Rep in Providence... And we've got a fancy new website - with all sorts of talk-back opportunities. That photo up there? That's Stephen Thorne, one of our Resident Acting Company Members, as Hamlet... If you're ever in Providence - I guarantee we are well worth the cost of admission. Which is totally reasonable. Have I mentioned how awesome we are??
And the topic of my blog post today at dlife. Check it out, if you like.
This is also a plug for my employer... Have I mentioned I work for one of the greatest theaters on earth? Yeah, I do... Trinity Rep in Providence... And we've got a fancy new website - with all sorts of talk-back opportunities. That photo up there? That's Stephen Thorne, one of our Resident Acting Company Members, as Hamlet... If you're ever in Providence - I guarantee we are well worth the cost of admission. Which is totally reasonable. Have I mentioned how awesome we are??
Friday, August 22, 2008
Very interesting...
No - not a post about Communism.
A post about the ties that bind diabetics - even when they're strangers...
At blogabetes: Here!
Friday, August 15, 2008
Oh My God - Addicted to The Office
For my recent birthday, Bob bought me The Office Seasons One and Two. I just bought myself Season Three and Direct TV has episodes of Season Four for 99 cents. Needless to say, it's been The Office-festival in my house for the past few days. I am addicted.
Jim Halpert is my boyfriend.
I love a clever guy.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
We make s**t happen!!!
So a big thank you and my arms out for big hugs for all of my D-O-C comrades...
The voting closed at www.kittenkoffinzombies.com tonight - with Shells Bells ahead by 17 votes. They won't make an official announcment right away - but it appears she won!!!!
And I'm grateful to all of you who voted - or who posted for me or who put up with my nagging and still voted...
Thanks so much!!! Hugs, kisses, and night nights...
See you tomorrow! Or today (sort of)....
The voting closed at www.kittenkoffinzombies.com tonight - with Shells Bells ahead by 17 votes. They won't make an official announcment right away - but it appears she won!!!!
And I'm grateful to all of you who voted - or who posted for me or who put up with my nagging and still voted...
Thanks so much!!! Hugs, kisses, and night nights...
See you tomorrow! Or today (sort of)....
OK - less than 2 hours to go!!!
So, if you haven't voted yet - please, please do!
www.kittenkoffinzombies.com/contest.php - vote Shells Bells
And if you have voted - thank you! Thank you!
xoxo
www.kittenkoffinzombies.com/contest.php - vote Shells Bells
And if you have voted - thank you! Thank you!
xoxo
Please Keep Voting!
If you haven't already - please head on over here: www.kittenkoffinzombies.com/contest.php and vote for Shells Bells...
:) Please.
Thank you.
:) Please.
Thank you.
This Is It!!!!
So, you all know my friend Shelley (Shells Bells) is trying to become the December Calendar Pinup at Kitten Koffin Zombies.
Well - voting ends tonight at midnight and we need your help to push her up and over the top.
So - please - if you haven't voted - head on over there now and do it! Here's the link: Kitten Koffin Zombies Contest...
And if it's been twenty four hours - please vote again... :)
I will be forever, and ever, and ever grateful!!!
xo - The Curious One
Well - voting ends tonight at midnight and we need your help to push her up and over the top.
So - please - if you haven't voted - head on over there now and do it! Here's the link: Kitten Koffin Zombies Contest...
And if it's been twenty four hours - please vote again... :)
I will be forever, and ever, and ever grateful!!!
xo - The Curious One
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
I Promise....
No more of this after Friday!
But right now, my friend Shelley needs your help... So, please (pretty please with sugar (or ah, Splenda!) on top - head on over and cast a vote. If it's been twenty four hours - vote again! Please :)
And watch for a regular type post tomorrow...
OK - please vote! Here: Kitten Koffin Zombies Contest!
Forward to your friends! Forward to your family! Forward to anyone who appreciates a cute pin up girl!
But right now, my friend Shelley needs your help... So, please (pretty please with sugar (or ah, Splenda!) on top - head on over and cast a vote. If it's been twenty four hours - vote again! Please :)
And watch for a regular type post tomorrow...
OK - please vote! Here: Kitten Koffin Zombies Contest!
Forward to your friends! Forward to your family! Forward to anyone who appreciates a cute pin up girl!
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Ladies and Gentleman of the D-O-C...
Wouldn't it be great if this pretty - really nice - girl won a contest she was trying to win?
I think so.
If you haven't already - and you wouldn't mind doing so - please head on over here:
www.kittenkoffinzombies.com/contest.php
And vote for my friend Shells Bells.
She's truly a doll of a person - and it would be super duper sweet if she won!!! :)
I think so.
If you haven't already - and you wouldn't mind doing so - please head on over here:
www.kittenkoffinzombies.com/contest.php
And vote for my friend Shells Bells.
She's truly a doll of a person - and it would be super duper sweet if she won!!! :)
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Vote Again....
It is my mission as a loyal citizen of Boston to get Shelley in the calendar for December... So, please if you haven't voted for my friend Shells Bells yet today - go ahead and do it. I will be FOREVER grateful... :)
It takes two seconds to register - then vote for Shells Bells...
Thanks again!!!
It takes two seconds to register - then vote for Shells Bells...
Thanks again!!!
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Calling the D-OC....
Hey All -
If you wouldn't mind... Please take a second and head over to www.kittenkoffinzombies.com - and vote for our friend Shelley. She's not only a beautiful girl who clearly deserves to be Miss December - she's also a total doll.
Vote today! It takes two seconds to register - then vote for Shells Bells...
Thanks!!!
If you wouldn't mind... Please take a second and head over to www.kittenkoffinzombies.com - and vote for our friend Shelley. She's not only a beautiful girl who clearly deserves to be Miss December - she's also a total doll.
Vote today! It takes two seconds to register - then vote for Shells Bells...
Thanks!!!
Monday, July 28, 2008
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